Divya Dutta on marital rape
India, March 19 -- Contd from pg 03
Sharing her perspective on the issue of marital rape, actor Divya Dutta emphasises the importance of consent, which is the premise of her upcoming web series.
She insists that marriage does not automatically imply consent, explaining, "The answer is, 'Shaadi license nahin hai'. It's about the way you go about respecting your partner. Imposing something should not be licensed out. Consent is very important."
Divya emphasises the need for basic respect in every relationship, calling it "a must", adding how the lack of it actively normalises such a serious and sensitive issue.
"These are stories (of marital rape) floating around all of us. I would know some people who've gone through it, but we tend to normalise it because you feel, 'This is within the norms of a marriage, husband-wife ke beech ki baat hai'," she says, adding, "But what I'm saying is that a lot of women feel very alone in the whole process. But that's not what you're supposed to do."
She calls for awareness and sensitisation among men, especially those who get married off at a young age without being educated about the issue: "There's this thing that men, especially boys, don't know the concept of what is right or wrong. They believe, 'Haan mera hai, toh for granted hai'. That is the attitude we have."
To bring about a difference, the actor believes the social issue must be dealt with by society itself. "What we definitely need is a little bit of tweaking in our thinking, in our conditioning that we have. In how we feel that 'ladki ki na mein haan hai' is okay," she concludes....
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.